On This Day: USS Maine explodes, sparks Spanish-American War
On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...
On This Day: Soviet Union expels dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In 1974, the Soviet Union expelled dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In 1983, a blaze engulfed a crowded movie theater ...
On This Day: Treaty of Paris formally ends French and Indian War
On Feb. 10, 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War ...
President Donald Trump makes history as first U.S. sitting president to attend Super Bowl
Donald Trump has made history as the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Super Bowl, as the Philadelphia Eagles took on ...
On This Day: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican-American War
On Feb. 2, 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe ...